9/3/18
Being without internet really stinks.  Quickly posting while I can.  This is an older image I got of 2 Swans in flight at Tamarac Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota.

9/2/18
Having internet issues so posting very late and also missed a day.  I almost missed Steamy Sunday as well.  I'm having to post to G+ through my Blog because of the internet issues. This is the 14 inch Wagner that I get to run in Minnesota in it's new Roundh...

Partly Sunny

Hi all and happy Thursday! I found a huge Sunflower field yesterday where the flowers weren't all sad and droopy. :-) I couldn't believe what all the yellow turned out to be when I crested a hill because all I had seen were ones about ready to harvest the seed. Here are a few of them and hope you enjoy them as well and have a great day!


#flower #flowers #Sunflowers #Sunflowerfield #Minnesota

Hi all and happy Hump Day! Posting quite late today. This is how I usually see a Heron, flying away from me. +Kim Sinclair is hosting #NewBirdPoker this week and her theme today is Exit, Stage Right which is just what this Heron I saw the other day by my house was doing when it saw me walking near, and not even that near. LOL Hope you enjoy the image and are having a great day!



#bird #birdinflight #BlueHeron #Heron #nature #naturephotography #wildbird #waterbird

Happy Monday and start to your week! It's going to be a hot one here again today. I thought this sunny almost perfect Sunflower was appropriate for the day. This is one from my garden this year. Hope you enjoy it as well and have a great day!



#flower #flowers #macro #macrophotography #Sunflower #Kansas

Hi all, while I have internet, I want to invite you all to play #TransportTuesday with co-curator +Tom Gatermann and me. Share anything transportation you like and please tag us and the theme so we can find them. I'll catch up with you all at some point.
This is a Union Pacific train traveling through Junction City, Kansas a few weeks back. This is a companion shot to the Grain Elevator one. This is also the site of the old UP station which they unfortunately, took down. Hope you enjoy the image and are having a great week!






#JunctionCity #Kansas #railroad #railway #railroading #trains #UnionPacific

Hi all and TGIF! Sharing some back-lit Teasels from my garden. I got them to grow and bloom. I may regret it because they are growing a bit too well maybe but I like them. Sharing with my fellow #Bokeholics as well because #FridaysAreBokehlicious and I thought they had some lovely bokeh. Hope you enjoy the image and have a great day!

+Leo Deegan +Art through the Aperture Photography +Sean McLean +Shelly Corbett +Betty Habesch +Kal Pant +Elizabeth Hahn +Michael B. Stuart +Paul Moody +Toshinori ABE +Winnie Young +Graham Knights +Keith Elliott +Jacek N. Kozioł +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Darion Jackman +John Balboni +April L Hill +Shannon Adelson +Dylan Johnson +Shelly Gunderson +Robin Griggs Wood +Kathleen Kent +Angie Smith +John Getchel +Uwe Duwe +Magdalena MadZ +Wendy Baker +Dawn Siadatan +wolly wolly +Berit Schurse +Tom Tran +Eve Aebi +Isabelle Fortin +Cooksterz Littlefield +Chris Draper +Wendy Verboom +Janice LaMere +ᙅYᙖᙓᖇ ᗪOᙅ™ +cobalt please +Saji Saju +Rosie Nixon +Joseph Cowlishaw +Marilou Aballe +Tony Simons +Cliff Wade +Nancy Battis Vita +John Catral


#bokeh #flowers #Backlit #lightingeffects #Teasels #Kansas

Hello all and happy #TransportTuesday ! :-) I hope you will play along with co-curator +Tom Gatermann and me and share an image transport related. Please tag us and the theme so we can find and enjoy them. I see a bunch of people playing already so that's great, thanks!
My image goes back to Greenfield Village of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan. A fancy carriage takes a group of tourists around the area in the morning before things got busy. Hope you enjoy the image and have a great day!




#carriage #Dearborn #horsedrawn #GreenfieldVillage #HenryFordMuseum #Michigan #transport #transportation

Hello, it's #SteamySunday once again and time to share your images of ANYTHING steam, mist, fog related you like. Co-curator +Paul Pavlinovich and I enjoy it all so be sure to tag us and the theme so we can find your shots.
My image today is once again of the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad. This image was taken in the evening of the small roundhouse in Chama, New Mexico where the locomotives are being serviced after there runs or being made ready for a run in the morning. They are all kept warmed up and ready to go. Hope you enjoy the image and have a great day!



#Chama #NewMexico #CumbresandToltec #railroading #railway #railroad #steam #steamengine #steamtrain #trains